【正文】 o far the only theme museum in China to prehensively showcase this regional heritage.Huistyle Architecture s Huangshan Mountain.anshan and Chizhou are all open to foreign freight ships. The Wuhu port has a capacity of berthing 10,000ton freight ships. The others are all equipped with a 5,000ton deep water wharf. The access to the oceangoing route links Anhui with many other countries and regions in the world, which are able to load and download, import and export cargoes. With the three river systems, namely, the Yangtze River, the Huai River and the Xin39。[Highways]: HefeiNanjing Expressway, HefeiJieshou Expressway, HefeiWuhu Expressway, HefeiXuzhou Expressway, HuangshanHangzhou Expressway, LujiangTongling Expressway, WuhuMa39。s scheduled route network serves 50 domestic destinations. Scheduled flight service operates from Hefei and Huangshan to Hong Kong and Macau. In addition, chartered flights from Anhui flying to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea are regularly operated. There are also airports in other cities, including Anqing, Wuhu, Bengbu and Fuyang, opening provincial and domestic airlines. [Railroads]: Both BeijingShanghai railroad and BeijingKowloon railroad run through Anhui, ranking the province39。 99 are categorized as the province??s key protected animals. The Chinese (Yangtze) alligator and Chinese river dolphin (whitefin dolphin) are rare animals in the world that live in the Yangtze River in the middle part of Anhui. At present, about thirty per cent of Anhui is covered in forest,with a planned afforested area of million mu ( million hectares)。 44 are categorized as the province??s key protected plants. Inside the province 742 kinds of amniotes have been found that are classified into 121 sections under 44 items, accounting for percent of all Chinese amniotes. Among which, 21 are categorized as the nation??s firstclass protected wild animals。s nominal GDP for 2009 was approximately trillion yuan (US$147 billion), up % from 2008 and a per capita of 16,391 yuan (US$2,400). It is considered a midsize economy in terms of economic output.Abundant Resources and Ecological Resources : The good environment, particularly the mild weather, plentiful precipitation and loamy soil, make Anhui an ideal habitat for many sorts of animals and plants. The province is confirmed having 4245 higher forms of plant life, accounting for per cent of that of the whole country, among which 6 are categorized as the nation??s first class protected plants。anshan, coal in Huainan, and copper in Tongling There are industries related to these natural resources (. steel industry at Ma39。ricein Fangchang CountyIn the Yuan Dynasty,Anhui was governed by Henan Province, Jiang and Zhe administrative provinces. In the Ming Dynasty, Anhui was under the direct administration of the Capital of Nanjing, and the province was subdividedinto seven prefectures and four counties: Anqing, Huizhou,Ningguo, Chizhou, Taiping, Luzhou and Fengyang prefectures, and Chu, He, Xu and Guangde counties. In the Qing Dynasty, Anhui was set up as a province with eight prefectures and five counties: Huizhou,Ningguo, Chizhou Taiping Anqing, Luyang, Fengyang, Yingzhou prefectures, and Guangde, Chu, He, Lu??an counties. At the beginning of the Republic of China (19121949), Anhui was divided intoWuhu, Anqing, and Huaisi prefectures. After the founding of thePeople??s Republic of China, Anhui was divided into the two prefectures of Northern Anhui and Southern Anhui, with Hefei as the capital of Northern Anhui and Wuhu the capital of Southern Anhui. In 1952, North Anhui and Southern Anhui were merged to form Anhui Province, and Hefei was selected as the provincial capital cityShouchun in Shou CountyEconomy: Anhui is a traditional agricultural province. Agriculture in Anhui varies according to the climate zones that the province crosses. North of the Huai He river wheat and sweet potatoss prehistorical civilization. It has been discovered that even million years ago, human beings already inhabited the site in the Inverted V Cave(the shape of the Chinese character of ??man??) in Fanchang Hexian County39。There are various landforms in Anhui. The Yangtze River and Huaihe River flow through the province and divide the whole province into three main natural area to the Huaihe River, the area between the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River and the south area to the Yangtze River. Some major mountains, such as Dabie Mountain, Yellow Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain and Tianzhu Mountain lie in Anhui, and the highest peak of Yellow MountainLotus Peak is 1,860 meters above sea level. Among many rivers and lakes in Anhui, Chaohu Lake is one of the five great freshwater lakes in China, with an area of 800 square kilometers. Technology of China, the PLA Electronic Engineering Institute, and over 30 other institutions of higher learning. The city boasts nearly 200,000 scientific and technical personnel. In terms of the intellectual resources, Hefei is at the head of the list pared with cities of the same scale in China. Hefei is currently the one and only statelevel selected city for experiment in scientific and technological renovation designated by the State Council. Oneday excursion to the scientific and educational institutions in Hefei has bee a wellknown brand name in Anhui’s tourism. The surrounding areas of Hefei abound with tourist resources. There are many tourist attractions known nationwide within a radius of 300 kilometers of Hefei such as the Huangshan Mountain, Mt. Jiuhua, the Taiping Lake, Mt. Tianzhu, Mt. Tiantangzhai, the ancient town of Shouxian, the Imperial Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, Mt. Langya, etc. With mature regional tourist routes, Hefei is an ideal transfer station for tourists from north China who head for tourist attractions in East China. Hefei is among the first to be awarded the title “China Top Tourist City. In recent years, the scale of the city’s tourist industry is exp